> Well, there's your problem right there.

> (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/well-theres-your-problem just in case you don't get the allusion.)

Which says: "Well, There's Your Problem" is an expression typically used to point out the apparent cause of a mechanical failure or malfunction. On the web, the phrase has become closely associated with a subset of FAIL images depicting various accidents on the road and construction sites.

"to point out the apparent cause of a ~~mechanical~~ failure or malfunction"

Please point out the (apparent(!)) failure or malfunction here.

> If you stopped approaching HN as a contest you might see better outcomes.

Are you implying knowledge of the True value of the outcome?

As far as I'm concerned, these outcomes are better than expected...like, I could hardly imagine a more perfect scenario in my dreams. Or as Terence McKenna liked to say: "Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it’s stranger than we CAN imagine".

> Sim City was a non-competitive single-player game the last time I played it. That was a long time ago so maybe things have changed. But be that as it may, "game" and "competition" are not synonyms.

This seems fairly reasonable, if considered on its own anyways (isolated from the context of this conversation).

I would add: the airspeed of a European swallow is 24 mph.

> The distinguishing characteristic of a competition is that there are necessarily winners and losers.

There are winners and losers in The Game of Life/Reality. As one example, take all the innocent people killed in Gaza in the last few months, and compare it to the relatively nice, cushy life I lead (and perhaps you too). If this was simply "real life", I'd expect people to have more compassion (I base this theory on the widespread and oh so popular sentiments like ~"All lives matter!!!" that I had to temporarily endure during the whole COVID...."thing". Thank God we've put all that performative nonsense/delusion behind us, amirite?).

> Do tell.

Unfortunately, that information is only released on a need to know basis.

> But then you can't blame me when I draw my conclusions about you based solely on what I observe you doing here...

Yes I can, and for valid reasons (that may be beyond the scope of your knowledge, or even belief).

> ...because that is all the data I have.

Not technically it isn't. I've given you all sorts of "data" that could help you with your predicament.

>>> No one is paying attention to this thread any more.

>> It isn't possible for you to know this.

> Oh, the irony.

Do you have access to the HN server logs? Yes or No? (And even if you did: is that adequate to flawlessly resolve whether your claim is true)?

Also: please reveal your method. And in so doing: please explicitly note whether you are expressing an opinion or asserting a (perceived) fact (with respect to whether your method is adequate to resolve the question without any possible flaws or shortcomings). As you may or may not remember (or be willing to acknowledge), we've had a little trouble with you explicitly revealing whether you are dealing in facts or opinions in your writing.

> Is your memory really so poor that you don't recall giving me a hard time for saying the exact same thing two days ago?

Not at all, I have chided you numerous times for claiming to possess knowledge for that which cannot be known (by you, or anyone). One might even say that is the essence of our various conversations.

For fun though: how about you explain the irony that you see here? If I am at fault, I would very much like to know...to me, that is fun.

> You really need to read the latest installment in my series

As I asked you last time (and you did not answer): why? If there is something for me to learn there, what is it (and what among my text illustrates that I need to learn it)?

I look forward to you ignoring the question.